MINI LESSON ON PREPOSITION OF TIME

Language

Objectives

To know and use the correct form of PREPOSITION OF TIME and the difference among them. Review questions.

WARM-UP ACTIVITY:
Teachers will stand up and form two groups. Each group will form a line in front of the board. Every teacher from both the group will write as many holiday/festival as possible e.g:(Mothers Day) Teachers will get 5mint The group with more holidays will be the winner. The winner group will ask the other group questions about the holidays/festivals.

ACTIVITY:2:- FIND THE CORRECT PERSON BY ASKING QUESTIONS

Teachers will write true sentences about themselves on slip of paper,using time clauses in each sentence. Collect the slips and shuffle them up,and distribute in class (making sure that no one gets their own slip back) Each person will go round the class asking questions to try and find the person who wrote the slip of paper that they have been given e.g: (What time do you usually get up on Sunday?)

WK.SH 1:CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER

I saw her at Christmas. I saw her on Christmas day. I was born in July. It happened in 2001. He started work on Monday. She often goes out at night. She often goes out on Friday night. It rains a lot in spring. I get up at 7am. The lessons are in the afternoon. It was popular in the 1980s. The party is next week. The class is on Tuesdays and Thursdays. It was popular in the twentieth century.

RULES:PREPOSITION OF TIME
AT We use at with times: At 5 oclock At 11.45 At midnight At lunchtime Tom usually gets up at 7 oclock. ON We use on with dates and days: On 12 march On Friday(S) On Friday morning(s) On Sunday afternoon(s) On Saturday night(s) On Christmas Day (but at Christmas).

We use at in these EXPRESSION: At night At Christmas At the moment At present At the same time At weekends At the age of.

IN We use in for longer period of time:

DURING We use during+noun to say when something happens:

In April
In 1986 In winter

During the flim

During our holiday During the night

In the 19th centuary

In the 1970s In the morning(s) In the afternoon(s) In the evening(s) In+period of time=a time in the future: Jack will be back in a week The train will leave in a few minutes I fell asleep during the film We met a lot of interesting people during our holiday.

CONT
In + how long it takes to do something: I learned to drive in four weeks.

FOR We use for+a period of time:

SINCE We use since+a period of time:

For six years For two hours For a week Ive lived in this house for six years

Since April Since 8oclock It has been raining since one oclock Theyve known each other since they were at school

They have been watching TV for two hours

UNTIL We use until/till to say how long a situation continues: Lets wait until it stops raining I stayed in bed until half past nine

FROM----TO We use from --- to + beginning and end of a period: Last evening we watched TV from 5 to 8 o clock

WK.SH:2 SELECT THE CORRECT PREPOSITION

1.My Math class starts (at ,on,in) 9:00 2. I always read (before, after, from) I go to sleep. 3.The show starts ( over since in) ten minutes. 4.All employees have to be at work